[Shop-talk] Trying to get tree stumps to rot

[ericm at lne.com]

Paint the tops of the stumps with straight Roundup
to make sure that they're really 100% dead.   Otherwise
they can live quite a while.  That'll slow their decay.

Eric


On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 11:02:04AM -0600, Brian Warrick wrote:
> I have recently cut down some trees that will be in the way of my future
> shop.  I was able to cut them low enough that I can mow across them
> without any problem.  However, I would like to get them started rotting
> so when I get around to building the shop (~5 years or so) that they
> will come out easily.  I have tried the stuff at Home Depot and Lowes
> that is supposed to rot the stumps on some others I have, but it did not
> seem to work too well.  Any other suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian
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